UK General Election results June 1987

The region in which each constituency is situated is indicated in square brackets

Sheffield Hillsborough — South Hams

Southport — Stockport

Sheffield Hillsborough[E] Labour hold

MH Flannery

Labour

26,208

44.03%

D Chadwick

Alliance (Lib)

22,922

38.51%

JD Sykes

Conservative

10,396

17.46%

Electorate: 76,312; Turnout: 78.00%;Majority: 3,286 (5.52%)

Sherwood[E] Conservative hold

AS Stewart

Conservative

26,816

45.85%

WSG Bach

Labour

22,321

38.17%

SR Thompstone

Alliance (SDP)

9,343

15.98%

Electorate: 71,378; Turnout: 81.93%;Majority: 4,495 (7.69%)

Shipley[E] Conservative hold

M Fox

Conservative

26,941

49.50%

WJL Wallace

Alliance (Lib)

14,311

26.29%

CRB Butler

Labour

12,669

23.28%

CM Harris

Green

507

0.93%

Electorate: 68,705; Turnout: 79.22%;Majority: 12,630 (23.20%)

Shoreham[E] Conservative hold

RN Luce

Conservative

33,660

60.86%

JA Ingram

Alliance (Lib)

16,590

30.00%

P Godwin

Labour

5,053

9.14%

Electorate: 71,318; Turnout: 77.54%;Majority: 17,070 (30.87%)

Shrewsbury & Atcham[E] Conservative hold

DL Conway

Conservative

26,027

47.80%

R Hutchison

Alliance (Lib)

16,963

31.16%

E Owen

Labour

10,797

19.83%

G Hardy

Green

660

1.21%

Electorate: 70,689; Turnout: 77.02%;Majority: 9,064 (16.65%)

Shropshire North[E] Conservative hold

WJ Biffen

Conservative

30,385

52.19%

G Smith

Alliance (Lib)

15,970

27.43%

R Hawkins

Labour

11,866

20.38%

Electorate: 77,122; Turnout: 75.49%;Majority: 14,415 (24.76%)

Skipton & Ripon[E] Conservative hold

DM Curry

Conservative

33,128

58.98%

SJ Cooksey

Alliance (Lib)

15,954

28.40%

TL Whitfield

Labour

6,264

11.15%

LS Williams

Green

825

1.47%

Electorate: 72,199; Turnout: 77.80%;Majority: 17,174 (30.57%)

Slough[E] Conservative hold

JA Watts

Conservative

26,166

46.95%

E Lopez

Labour

22,076

39.61%

M Goldstone

Alliance (SDP)

7,490

13.44%

Electorate: 73,424; Turnout: 75.90%;Majority: 4,090 (7.34%)

Solihull[E] Conservative hold

JM Taylor

Conservative

35,844

61.07%

GE Gadie

Alliance (Lib)

14,058

23.95%

SE Knowles

Labour

8,791

14.98%

Electorate: 78,123; Turnout: 75.13%;Majority: 21,786 (37.12%)

Somerton & Frome[E] Conservative hold

RT Boscawen

Conservative

29,351

53.73%

RG Morgan

Alliance (Lib)

19,813

36.27%

IS Kelly

Labour

5,461

10.00%

Electorate: 68,773; Turnout: 79.43%;Majority: 9,538 (17.46%)

Southampton Itchen[E] Conservative hold

CR Chope

Conservative

24,419

44.30%

JY Denham

Labour

17,703

32.11%

RC Mitchell

Alliance (SDP)

13,006

23.59%

Electorate: 72,687; Turnout: 75.84%;Majority: 6,716 (12.18%)

Southampton Test[E] Conservative hold

SJA Hill

Conservative

25,722

45.57%

APV Whitehead

Labour

18,768

33.25%

V Rayner

Alliance (Lib)

11,950

21.17%

Electorate: 73,918; Turnout: 76.35%;Majority: 6,954 (12.32%)

Southend East[E] Conservative hold

EM Taylor

Conservative

23,753

58.00%

HJ Berkely

Alliance (SDP)

9,906

24.19%

DR Scully

Labour

7,296

17.81%

Electorate: 59,073; Turnout: 69.33%;Majority: 13,847 (33.81%)

Southend West[E] Conservative hold

HPG Channon

Conservative

28,003

54.37%

G Grant

Alliance (Lib)

19,603

38.06%

A Smith

Labour

3,899

7.57%

Electorate: 68,415; Turnout: 75.28%;Majority: 8,400 (16.31%)

South Hams[E] Conservative hold

AD Steen

Conservative

34,218

55.36%

RF Chave

Alliance (Lib)

21,072

34.09%

WW Hamilton

Labour

5,060

8.19%

CG Titmuss

Green

1,178

1.91%

TC Langsford

Loony

277

0.45%

Electorate: 78,583; Turnout: 78.65%;Majority: 13,146 (21.27%)

Southport[E] Alliance (Lib) gain

RC Fearn

Alliance (Lib)

26,110

47.90%

NM Thomas

Conservative

24,261

44.51%

A Moore

Labour

3,483

6.39%

JRG Walker

Green

653

1.20%

Electorate: 71,443; Turnout: 76.29%;Majority: 1,849 (3.39%)

South Ribble[E] Conservative hold

RJ Atkins

Conservative

28,133

47.22%

DF Roebuck

Labour

19,703

33.07%

JA Holleran

Alliance (Lib)

11,746

19.71%

Electorate: 72,177; Turnout: 82.55%;Majority: 8,430 (14.15%)

South Shields[E] Labour hold

DG Clark

Labour

24,882

57.90%

MLD Fabricant

Conservative

11,031

25.67%

M Melling

Alliance (SDP)

6,654

15.48%

EG Dunn

Democrat

408

0.95%

Electorate: 60,754; Turnout: 70.74%;Majority: 13,851 (32.23%)

Southwark & Bermondsey[E] Alliance (Lib) hold

SHW Hughes

Alliance (Lib)

17,072

47.43%

J Bryan

Labour

14,293

39.71%

O Heald

Conservative

4,522

12.56%

PN Power

Communist

108

0.30%

Electorate: 55,438; Turnout: 64.93%;Majority: 2,779 (7.72%)

Spelthorne[E] Conservative hold

D Wilshire

Conservative

32,440

60.01%

M Cunningham

Alliance (SDP)

12,390

22.92%

DFJ Welfare

Labour

9,227

17.07%

Electorate: 72,967; Turnout: 74.08%;Majority: 20,050 (37.09%)

Stafford[E] Conservative hold

WNP Cash

Conservative

29,541

51.33%

CB Phipps

Alliance (SDP)

15,834

27.51%

N Hafeez

Labour

12,177

21.16%

Electorate: 72,431; Turnout: 79.46%;Majority: 13,707 (23.82%)

Staffordshire Mid[E] Conservative hold

BJ Heddle

Conservative

28,644

50.62%

CR St Hill

Labour

13,990

24.72%

TA Jones

Alliance (Lib)

13,114

23.18%

JG Bazeley

Ind Conservative

836

1.48%

Electorate: 71,252; Turnout: 79.41%;Majority: 14,654 (25.90%)

Staffordshire Moorlands[E] Conservative hold

DL Knox

Conservative

31,613

52.91%

V Ivers

Labour

17,186

28.76%

JP Corbett

Alliance (SDP)

10,950

18.33%

Electorate: 74,302; Turnout: 80.41%;Majority: 14,427 (24.15%)

Staffordshire South[E] Conservative hold

PT Cormack

Conservative

37,708

60.87%

F Oborski

Alliance (Lib)

12,440

20.08%

P Bateman

Labour

11,805

19.05%

Electorate: 79,261; Turnout: 78.16%;Majority: 25,268 (40.79%)

Staffordshire South East[E] Conservative hold

DL Lightbown

Conservative

25,115

47.19%

E Gluck

Alliance (SDP)

14,230

26.74%

D Spilsbury §

Labour

13,874

26.07%

Electorate: 66,176; Turnout: 80.42%;Majority: 10,885 (20.45%)§ Thanks to Andrew Stidwill for pointing out that sources differ on the size of Labour's vote: some sources give 13,230 but the consensus seems to be 13,874